What is the catchphrase of the Enlightenment?

‘Have courage to use your own reason!’- that is the motto of enlightenment.”

What words describe the Enlightenment?

enlightenment

• awareness.
• civilization.
• insight.
• literacy.
• sophistication.
• understanding.
• wisdom.
• broad-mindedness.

What is the symbol of Enlightenment?

The lotus
one of Buddhism’s most significant symbols. It is a symbol of enlightenment and mental purity. The lotus has its roots in mud, but blossoms into a beautiful flower. Similarly, though an individual may be impure, there is the potential to gain enlightenment and the perfect state.

What was the Enlightenment in simple terms?

The Enlightenment has been defined in many different ways, but at its broadest was a philosophical, intellectual and cultural movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It stressed reason, logic, criticism, and freedom of thought over dogma, blind faith, and superstition.

What did Voltaire believe in the Enlightenment?

Voltaire believed above all in the efficacy of reason. He believed social progress could be achieved through reason and that no authority—religious or political or otherwise—should be immune to challenge by reason. He emphasized in his work the importance of tolerance, especially religious tolerance.

What does the lotus flower mean spiritually?

rebirth and resurrection
The spiritual meaning of the flower is rebirth and resurrection. The daily activities of the lotus are connected to the resurrection of life. We have often seen that in eastern cultures the lotus is used for worship. It is considered a sacred symbol because it depicts the ways of life.

What are some quotes about enlightenment?

Enlightenment Quotes. “Last night I lost the world, and gained the universe.”. “It isn’t by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.”. “Education is the kindling of a flame

Why did people oppose the Enlightenment?

Why did the first and second estates disregard the ideas generated from the Enlightenment? FOCUS (?): why did the first & second estates despise the enlightenment ideas? gave the estates less power since the enlightenment philosophers stress the freedom of the people, natural rights, and the fact that people have potential.

Is enlightenment good or bad?

The Enlightenment IS about destroying the Old Order and replacing it with “a better place” or the New Order!! which by the way is on the back of the US dollar bill. Monarchy, Royalty, Aristocracy is all of the Old Order! One can’t be for the Old Order and look at the Enlightenment as a “good thing”. That is bogus.

Who did the Enlightenment benefit the least?

The Enlightenment encouraged criticism of the corruption of the monarchy (at this point King Louis XVI), and the aristocracy. Enlightenment thinkers condemned Rococo art for being immoral and indecent, and called for a new kind of art that would be moral instead of immoral, and teach people right and wrong.